Support for Local Community Development and Public Policies

Contributing to Economic, Educational, and Cultural Development in Host Countries around the World

Toshiba Group contributes to the development of local communities through not only our business activities, but also our worldwide corporate citizenship activities.

At our manufacturing sites, we have been making efforts to localize management, foster management development, and promote local procurement. We have also contributed to the development of social infrastructures in developing and emerging countries through our business activities.

Toshiba Group's major support for local community development and public policies (FY2010)

Employment Creation and Local Industry Development
FY2010
Creating Employment in Vietnam by Establishing a High-efficiency Motor Manufacturing Factory

In September 2010, we established Toshiba Industrial Products Asia Co., Ltd. in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam for the purpose of manufacturing high-efficiency industrial motors. We plan to increase the number of local employees to prepare for future expansion of production. Prior to the commencement of production, we dispatched a number of employees from Japan to offer technical guidance to local companies from which we plan to procure precision parts for the motors. Under our ambitious local procurement policy, we will make continuous efforts to increase the local procurement ratio.

• Toshiba Industrial Products Asia Co., Ltd. Marks Official Opening of New Industrial Motor Manufacturing and Sales Base in Vietnam

FY2009
Aiming for Localization of Manufacturing at Thermal Power Facility in India since Its Inception

In order to contribute to providing a stable power supply in response to rapidly growing demand in India, since February 2010 we have started the construction of a new steam turbine and generator plant of Toshiba JSW Turbine and Generator Pvt. Ltd. in Tamil Nadu, India.

We plan to start production in January 2011 and locally recruit about 500 people by 2014. From its very inception, we are working to recruit as many local people as possible for manufacturing and have been conducting training programs.

In January, we accepted the first group of 13 trainees from India who came to Japan under a program of the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship. After completing Japanese language classes, training includes a 6-month on-site training program at Toshiba's Keihin Operations, Japan. We provide training on skills required for the manufacture and quality management of core parts of steam turbines and generators. The aim is to enable the trainees to acquire Japanese manufacturing skills and overall skills to become shop floor leaders.

We plan to have approximately 80 trainees receive the training for various operational skills.

• Toshiba, JSW and Toshiba JSW Celebrate Cornerstone Laying Ceremony

Comments from Trainees

Support for Promotion of CSR Management
Holding a CSR Symposium for Small and Medium Entrepreneurs in Thailand

In Thailand, our second largest overseas manufacturing base after China, we held our CSR Symposium Thailand for the first time in November 2010. This symposium was held in response to a request from the Federation of Thai Industries and attended by 250 people including the Deputy Minister of Industry of Thailand and small and medium entrepreneurs.

At the symposium, Atsutoshi Nishida, the Chairman of Toshiba, introduced Toshiba Group's CSR management policy, while the general manager of the CSR Implementation Office highlighted its various CSR activities and the challenges it faces.

Furthermore, through our local subsidiaries in Thailand, we have been conducting various corporate citizenship activities such as mangrove tree-planting events and educational support programs.

Launch of TVs with Region-Specific Functions Providing Battery-equipped LCD TVs in Regions with Unstable Electricity Supply

We launched the Power TV Series in the Indian and ASEAN markets in FY2010.

This line of products is equipped with an RF booster* for use in regions with low-frequency radio wave signals, as well as a battery backup to prevent interruptions due to power outages.

We donated Power TVs to NGOs and schools in India, and through the Asian Football Confederation, we also donated Power TVs to schools in six ASEAN countries including Malaysia and Indonesia.

* A device to boost high-frequency electric signals that fall within the bandwidth used for TV broadcasting.

• Toshiba to Unfold TV Business Strategies and New Products To Reinforce its Presence in the ASEAN market
• Toshiba launches World's First LED TV with integrated Battery Backup

Enhancement of the Educational Environment
Donating PCs to Filipino High Schools

To enhance the educational environment in the Philippines, we have been supporting a project promoted by the Ayala Foundation and donating PCs to high schools in the Province of Laguna every year since 2007.

In FY2010, we donated 140 PCs to 14 public high schools in addition to providing internet connection for them. In cumulative total, we have donated 440 PCs to 44 schools, which accounts for about 35% of all high schools in Laguna, where Toshiba Information Equipment (Philippines) Inc. is located.

Supporting the Construction of Hope Elementary Schools in China

Toshiba Group companies in China have supported the construction of Toshiba Hope Elementary Schools since 2001.

Since 2005, we have constructed two schools every year. In November 2010, we reopened the Hope Elementary School in Dingxi City, Gansu Province, which was devastated by the Great Sichuan Earthquake. Currently 200 children study at the school.

Two other schools are under construction in Shanxi Province and Shandong Province and are scheduled for completion in September 2011.

Support for Local Economies
Donating Elevators for Use by Visitors to Himeji Castle during Its Restoration

Himeji Castle, a world cultural heritage in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, is currently undergoing restoration under a three-year project that began in March 2010. Since Himeji Castle is the greatest tourist attraction in the region, it would have been extremely detrimental to the local economy to refuse visitors for such a long period.

To solve this problem, Toshiba Group donated two elevators to Himeji City. These elevators take castle visitors to the main keep, while contributing to creating a barrier-free environment.

• Himeji Castle restoration

Coexistence with Local Communities
Engaging with Local Communities on Environmental Issues

Since its establishment in 1992, Yokkaichi Operations, our semiconductor manufacturing site, has held an annual meeting with the local municipality. At the meeting, we explain the results obtained from the measurement data on air and water quality emissions from our facilities and also offer tours around the effluent treatment facilities.

In collaboration with the Yokkaichi City Board of Education, we offer classes at junior high schools, where we explain the mechanism and production process of semiconductor products in an attempt to raise children's interest in creative activities involving knowledge of science.

We also provide nearby primary and junior high schools with regular classes on the environment to encourage children to come up with their own ideas and put them into practice.

Moreover, the Yokkaichi Operations publishes a Japanese-English bilingual environment report and also makes it available to the public via its website.